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Blue Earth County updates mental health clinic fee policy to maximize insurance reimbursements and revise sliding fee
Summary
The county approved a change to human services fee policy for its mental health center to bill insurance at insurer rates (MA rates unchanged) and adopt a revised sliding-fee scale for out-of-pocket payers; staff said the change is intended to increase revenue while holding low-income clients harmless and will provide a ballpark revenue estimate on request.
Blue Earth County commissioners on Aug. 19 approved revisions to the county human services fee policy specific to the county mental health center intended to increase revenue from insured payers while protecting low-income and Medical Assistance (MA) recipients.
A Human Services presenter explained that the county has historically set rates at…
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